Jesse Kallechy

ECHL: Fort Wayne Komets Transactions | 02/21/2024

The Fort Wayne Komets have had a tough week as they lost all three games last weekend; forwards Jack Dugan, Marc-Antoine Pepein, and Head Coach Jesse Kallechy were all fined by the league. Dugan and Pepin were both given game misconducts, and Kallechy was fined for published comments he made after Sunday’s game. On Wednesday, […]

Read More

ECHL: Meet The Four New Head Coaches

It’s another off-season of coaching changes in the ECHL, however, it’s a little quieter than the 2022 offseason, where we saw seven new head coaches as heading into the 2023-24 season, four teams will have a new bench boss; Fort Wayne Komets, Trois-Rivieres Lions, Toledo Walleye, and the Newfoundland Growlers. All four of these coaches […]

Read More

ECHL: Jesse Kallechy Officially hired as Fort Wayne Komets’ Head Coach.

The Fort Wayne Komets have named Florida Everblades assistant Jesse Kallechy as the 30th head coach of the 72-year-old franchise, vice president, general manager, and director of hockey operations David Franke announced on Wednesday. “His style of coaching and how he wants his team to play is right in line with the Komets style of […]

Read More

ECHL Breaking News: Fort Wayne Komets Set To Hire Jesse Kallechy As Head Coach

The Fort Wayne Komets are announcing Jesse Kallechy as their new head coach tomorrow, according to Justin Cohn of the Journal Gazette. A press conference to formally introduce him will take place tomorrow at 1:00 EST. Kallechy replaces Ben Boudreau, who was head coach of the Komets for four years with a 134-96-19-8 regular-season record. […]

Read More